28 Oct, 2024 Disclosure failings merit a retrial say the Court of Appeal By John Flint In Kieren Corrigan & Co Limited v Bashir Timol (2024), the Court of Appeal again made it clear that a party who obtains a favourable...
24 Oct, 2024 So, what is "Grey Belt"? By Stephen Harper With the Government looking to free up land for new homes by re-designating some green belt land as “grey belt”, and stating that 50% of...
23 Oct, 2024 Sustainable Solar Supermarkets By Laurence Lacey This is an exciting initiative by Tesco, which reflects what many of our clients are doing to diversify the source of their power and...
21 Oct, 2024 Public sector pensions on divorce... a continuing saga? By Adam Maguire It has been reported in the Guardian this week that current and retired teachers who are going through divorce have said “their lives are...
21 Oct, 2024 The loser has to fall By John Flint The art of winning in Defamation can often mean exploiting your opponents weaknesses (aka their maggoty cake) by using part 18 requests...
18 Oct, 2024 Healthcare Summit 2024 - informative, enlightening and good to catch-up with familiar faces By Kim Klahn Some might have said that the Healthcare Summit was being held a couple of weeks too early with the impending Budget. However, the panel...
17 Oct, 2024 New workplace sexual harassment legislation By Tim Copplestone From 26 October 2024, employers will be under a new positive duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace....
17 Oct, 2024 Sustainability concerns drive commercial retrofitting By Laurence Lacey There is an interesting Estates Gazette article by Jim Larkin on the findings of research backing a report by Deepki on the approach of...
16 Oct, 2024 National Grid to collaborate with local authorities on network development plans By Sarah Manley The Distribution System Operator (DSO) of National Grid Electricity Distribution will share its future network development plans with all...
15 Oct, 2024 Government announcements on infrastructure funding and delivery By Laurence Lacey On 10th October, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Darren Jones MP) announced government plans to publish a ten-year national...
14 Oct, 2024 Don't rely on paper tigers By John Flint The extract below from my recent article is so important. As a litigator I see time and again the problems caused by directors and...
14 Oct, 2024 The Court takes a sympathetic approach to interpreting articles of association By Peter Brewer In the recent case of Syspal Capital Limited v Truman and 1 other [2024] EWHC 1561 (ChD) the Court considered a good leaver and bad...
14 Oct, 2024 The Perils of Over Sharing By John Flint I am frequently approached by company directors or senior employees who don't appreciate the perils of using and sharing what could be...
11 Oct, 2024 Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearings - one of the best ways for settling financial disputes arising out of divorce By Adam Maguire Financial Dispute Resolution hearings - or FDRs - are an integral part of the court process for dealing with the financial issues which...
10 Oct, 2024 Land Registry: Withdrawal of Direction 3: Documents to be delivered with a first registration application - "We’ll need the original deeds" By Charlotte Lord I love an old title deed and from time to time, I still submit applications for first registration of deeds to the Land Registry....
10 Oct, 2024 Service of documents: do you accept? By Rosie Brain The Civil Procedure Rules ("CPRs") are very strict in their application of the rules on service of documents. You do not want to find...